Office Hours:

Spring 2019: By appointment through the Graduate Writing Center:

https://gwc.psu.edu/consultations/

Professional Bio

Michael researches at the intersections of rhetoric, gender, and religious studies. He studies controversial religious movements whose histories and rhetorics raise questions about the relationship between rhetoric and violence, about religious freedom, and about human rights. Michael received his bachelor’s degree in English from the University of North Texas, where he was a Terry scholar and McNair scholar.